CLAVARIA. 85 



On the ground. Solitary, or sometimes in pairs, 2-4 iu. 

 high, 2-3 lines thick, longitudinally grooved, sometimes 

 splitting, apex tapering ; not rooting. 



Clavaria acuta. Sow. 



White, solitary, simple, erect, clavate, apex acute, prui- 

 nose ; spores colourless, subglobose, about 4 /a. 



Clavaria acuta. Sow., Fung,, t. 333 ; Berk., Outl., p. 283 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., n. 991 ; Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 301. 



On soil in plant-pots, &c. From ^-l^^ in. high. 



Clavaria uncialis. Grev. 



Whitish, tough, simple, smooth, obtuse, attenuated below ; 

 spores colourless, elliptical, 5 x 3 /x. 



Clavaria uncialis, Grev., Scot. Or. FL, t. 98 ; Berk., Outl. 

 284; Cke., Hdbk., n. 992; Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 301. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants, especially ura- 

 bellifers. Scattered, J— 1 in. high, becoming rather carti- 

 laginous and pale amber colour when dry. Distinguished by 

 its habitat. 



ff Colour yelloio or pallid, becoming darker. 



Clavaria pistillaris. Linn. (fig. 8, p. 74.) 

 Simple, clavate or obovate, stuffed, minutely velvety, 



whitish, then dirty yellow, finally dingy brown ; spores 



white, elliptic-oblong, 9-11 x 5-6 /x. 



Clavaria pistillaris, Cke., Hdbk., n. 987 ; S^ev., Brit. 



Fung. ii. p. 299. Sow., Fung., t. 277. 



In woods. Variable in size, from 4-12 in. high, 1-? in. 



thick at widest part ; either club-shaped with a narrow base 



or sometimes irregularly subglobose or broadly elliptical ; 



flesh whitish, stufi'ed in the centre, that is, the texture is 



loose and cottony. 



Clavaria ligula. Fr. 



Gregarious, clavate, obtuse, much attenuated downwards, 

 base villous, simple, pale ochraceoiis, the clubs with rufes- 

 cent tinge, stuffed; spores colourless, elliptical, 11-13 x 

 4-5 fx. 



Clavaria ligida, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. i>7G ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. 

 p. 299; Fl. Dan., t. 837, f. 1. 



